Xu Yan didn't get home until the afternoon of the seventh lunar month. The driver helped him move a trunk of New Year's goods to the door of his house, which filled up half the hallway.
Xu Yan's parents are both high school teachers. They haven't reached retirement age yet, so they live in the family building next to the school. Xu Yan grew up here and went to high school here. He often meets many of his former teachers when he walks around the community.
When he was moving New Year's goods downstairs, he saw his high school politics teacher who was carrying a bundle of green onions. He lived in the building next to Xu Yan's house. Smiling, he said to Xu Yan, "I saw you on the Spring Festival Gala yesterday. It's a small local Spring Festival Gala, why didn't you go to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala?"
Xu Yan also smiled, "Teacher Jiang, only big stars go on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala! I want to go there, too."
Teacher Jiang curled his lips, "Aren't you a big star? I see that many stars on TV are not as handsome as you."
Xu Yan smiled and didn't say anything else. He said hello to Teacher Jiang and went home.
Teacher Jiang is older than Xu Yan's parents and will retire soon. He doesn't know much about the entertainment industry. He always thinks Xu Yan is a big star and looks forward to seeing his student on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala on New Year's Eve.
Xu Yan didn't explain much. This is not determined by good looks. He is not qualified.
Before Xu Yan knocked on the door, the two people at home heard the movement at the door. The door could not be opened because it was blocked by the things Xu Yan bought.
Xu's mother poked her head out, smiling but complaining, "Look, I called you the day before yesterday to tell you something. I told you not to buy anything, but you bought so many things again."
Xu Yan moved a massager blocking the door, "Please call Director Xu to help me move it."
"Your father and I are the only two people at home. We haven't used up all the things we bought last year, and the things we can't finish are about to expire. Why waste money?" Xu's mother muttered, turning around and calling Xu's father to come out.
Mr. Xu is a more serious person. He is the dean of the third grade. When Xu Yan was in school, it was not convenient for him to always call him dad in front of his classmates and other teachers. Over time, he simply called him Director Xu when he got home.
Director Xu has been teaching the third grade in recent years, and he is visibly more tired than before. After moving things, he sat on the sofa, breathing hard. After two or three minutes, he spoke again, in the same tone as when he was scolding students, "How many days can you stay at home?"
Xu Yan poured him a cup of tea, and the hot steam rose slowly. "There are winter scenes to shoot. We have to join the crew as soon as possible during this period of heavy snow. We should leave early on the fourth day of the New Year."
Director Xu didn't say anything, but took a sip of the teacup.
Mother Xu was busy in the kitchen, listening to the conversation between the grandfather and the grandfather. When she heard that Xu Yan was leaving on the fourth day of the New Year, she stepped out and interrupted, "Yunyun sent me a WeChat message after the winter vacation, saying that you should tell her
as soon as you go home. She probably wants to ask you for an autographed photo. I asked her what she wanted but she didn't tell me." "It's okay, just ask her to come. It's only one subway stop away. Even if you don't tell her, she will know it after a while. Then she can blame you for hiding it from her." Xu Yan answered loudly.
Mother Xu responded and went back to the kitchen.
Director Xu waited for a moment and spoke slowly, "Do your job well. Being an actor also has its own ways. Don't think that you can be greedy and vain just because you are a star. You must do things down to earth."
"Got it, Director Xu." Xu Yan didn't mind and nodded and listened, knowing that what he said was just a prelude.
Sure enough, after finishing a cup of tea, when Xu Yan filled the second cup, Director Xu mentioned it casually, "You and that Liang Yisheng, I saw it on the hot search again a few days ago."
Xu Yan said "hmm", "Did you and my mom see it?"
Director Xu glanced at him, "Although your mother and I don't understand the things in the entertainment industry, you should know what kind of impact dealing with different people will bring to yourself." He paused here, and then his tone slowed down, "A few days ago, some old classmates got together, and your uncle Liu kept mentioning you at the dinner table. He said that you were a taciturn person when you were a child, but you didn't expect to become a big star when you grew up."
Xu Yan looked at his nose and his nose was observing his heart. He intuitively felt that the next topic was not easy to continue.
"He said he wanted to introduce you to his little daughter. I didn't agree directly, saying that you were busy with work and I would ask you when I got back." Director Xu said.
Sure enough, even after becoming a star, he still couldn't escape blind dates. Is there any justice in this world?
"Director Xu..."
"Your uncle Liu will be the principal of No. 2 Middle School at the latest next year. This little daughter is good-looking and has a good job. She is now doing translation. She said she understands your work and doesn't care about the comments on the Internet. You should think about it carefully." Director Xu interrupted Xu Yan.
"Dad." Xu Yan changed his address. "I signed a contract with Liang Yisheng. I can't fall in love during this period."
The range hood in the kitchen was already turned on, buzzing. Mother Xu seemed to be unable to hear the conversation between the father and son.
No one drank the second cup of tea that Xu Yan poured. The small square teacup was placed on the table, and the heat dissipated in a moment.
"Do you want to be involved with homosexuality for the rest of your life? Have you ever thought about how to make friends in the future? Or are you a homosexual yourself, Xu Yan?"
My aunt's sister is Mingyun, and she is in her second year of high school this year.
From Xu Yan's appearance, it can be seen that the genes of Director Xu and Mother Xu are not bad. Mingyun is also a little beauty, but she has not grown up yet, and high school students don't have the mind to dress up.
He entered the room in a hurry, and threw the half pound of pork head meat that his aunt brought to Xu's mother on the table in the living room, "Aunt, where is Brother Xu Yan, is he in the room? I'll go in directly?"
Before he finished speaking, and without waiting for anyone's permission, Xu Yan's door was slammed.
"Brother Xu Yan! Are you in there? I'm Mingyun!"
"Come in, the door is not locked."
Xu Yan hadn't been home for more than half a year, and the furnishings in the room were no different from the last time he left. Before going home, Cheng Xinlu asked him to find all the medical records and reports about his left ear from childhood to adulthood, take a photo and send it to her.
Cheng Xinlu was fully aware of the crisis, and figured that even if he didn't sell it badly, he had to keep it just in case. She always felt that the matter of Xu Yan's left ear could not be kept secret for a lifetime. If anything goes wrong, they must be able to clarify it for themselves as soon as possible.
Xu Yan's medical records were spread out on a single bed, and Ming Yun stood beside him obediently.
"What do you want to talk to me about?" Xu Yan looked up at his little cousin.
Ming Yun felt a little embarrassed at this moment. The two of them were of different ages and different genders. In fact, they were not very familiar with each other since childhood.
"Happy New Year, brother! Of course, it's for the autographed photo of my great brother." Ming Yun smiled with squinted eyes, and held out the photo she had prepared like a treasure, "Please, I haven't told anyone that you are my brother, and I won't go out and say anything! Don't worry!"
Xu Yan wanted to laugh. This little girl's thoughts were too obvious. He took his own photo and his eyes stayed on the stack of photos that Ming Yun didn't take out with her other hand. "Do you want my autograph or Liang Yisheng's? Tell the truth."
Ming Yun immediately showed an exposed expression and put her hands together. "I want both. My brother is Liang Yisheng's boyfriend. As a younger sister, I have no other request but an autograph!"
"I'll try my best to ask for it for you, but I can't guarantee that he will sign it for you." Xu Yan said.
"Of course Liang Yisheng is willing to sign if my brother asks!" Ming Yun came over very familiarly and lowered her voice, "Brother, I will keep it a secret for you. Although my mother and aunt said that you and Liang Yisheng are just collaborating and not a real couple, I know you two are real!"
"You know a lot." Xu Yan smiled and signed his name on each of his photos.
"Of course, there is a gay couple in the class next to me, who often date in the dark on the playground at night. There are many homosexuals now, whoever discriminates against homosexuals is the one with problems." Mingyun said.
Xu Yan deliberately teased her, "What about you, do you like boys or girls?"
Mingyun waved her hand, "I still like boys!"
It was dark when Mingyun left, and she was very satisfied with a stack of Xu Yan's autographed photos. Before leaving, she did not forget to ask Xu Yan to remember to ask actor Liang for an autograph, and then express the autographed photos to her, and SF Express would pay on delivery.
Xu's mother did not invite Mingyun to dinner, because it was New Year's Eve, and she only gave her half a salt duck to take back, which was sent by Director Xu's friend in the south a few days ago.
The Spring Festival Gala started at 8 o'clock. By the time Xu Yan's family was cooking dumplings, the show had already been on for more than half an hour. Although there was no ban on fireworks, there was a centralized fireworks setting-off point in the community. Xu Yan's parents kept the tradition of setting off firecrackers when cooking dumplings. When the dumplings were almost done, Director Xu lit a cigarette and went out with a bunch of firecrackers.
The sound of firecrackers never stopped around 7 or 8 o'clock, and Xu Yan had to cover his ears from time to time. There was
a series of crackling noises, but Xu Yan could hardly hear them, his eyes fixed on the TV screen. It was a real-time live broadcast, and there were no subtitles on the screen. He looked at the host's lip shape, opening and closing, sometimes flat and sometimes round. When the next show started and the subtitles of the singer appeared, Xu Yan was still staring.
Look at the three words Liang Yisheng.
Xu Yan suddenly felt that nothing had changed. He was still sitting in front of the TV watching Liang Yisheng. The distance was only as close as the sofa to the screen, but it seemed that it could never be crossed. Xu Yan admitted that when he had just signed the contract with Liang Yisheng, he had fantasized about whether he could send him a WeChat message while watching Liang Yisheng's program on this year's Spring Festival Gala, even if it was just a sentence like "Teacher Liang, I saw your program, Happy New Year".
Xu Yan took out his mobile phone, and on the night of New Year's Eve, messages kept popping up.
And Liang Yisheng's quiet chat box seemed to be lying on Xu Yan's pinned page as if he was making a mockery.
Xu Yan couldn't help but think of his cousin Mingyun's confident words "I know you are real", and sighed silently, thinking that this was too real, at least as real as Seven Years of Itch.
He clicked into the input box and wanted to type a sentence of Happy New Year, but then he looked up and saw Liang Yisheng singing on TV and "looking at the actress beside him affectionately". He silently deleted the half-typed words and exited.
He was already so happy that he didn't need this sentence. Forget it!
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